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Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.

SPIRITUAL PROGRESS

From his first acceptance of Christian Science as a demonstrable and practical teaching, the student has commenced to make progress Spiritward. Mrs.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

EXPRESSING OUR TRUE INDIVIDUALITY

No one has shown greater love for God and man in thought, word, and deed than Christ Jesus. He always identified himself with the Christ, his spiritual selfhood.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AND THE NEW BIRTH

In the Glossary of the textbook, Science and Health, our beloved Leader defines "Church. " She writes of the spiritual concept as follows ( p.

"IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY"

Christian Science teaches that only in the consciousness of God's presence can we find real and lasting joy and satisfaction. Mortals seek satisfaction in matter and fail in the attempt.

THE UNIVERSAL EGO

The mortal mind which says, "I am sick," has no legitimate authority to use the word "I. " Because of this, we may exercise our God-given prerogative to deny mortal mind its claim to being or having ego.

"BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS"

The seventh beatitude, or blessing, contained in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount should be of particular significance to Christian Scientists: "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God" ( Matt. 5:9 ).

HEALING "BY PRAYER AND FASTING"

Perhaps one of the most dramatic accounts relating to Jesus' healing ministry is that of the occasion when an epileptic boy, whom Jesus' disciples could not heal, was brought by his father to the Master. We read that "Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour" ( Matt.

LOVE, OUR REFUGE

We are told in Psalms that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" ( 46:1 ). How comforting are those words to all who seek God's loving, constant help for the solution to their problems! How inspiring is the thought that "God is our refuge"! The Bible refers in several places to God as a refuge; and a dictionary defines "refuge" as "that which, or one who, shelters or protects from danger, distress, calamity.

RECEPTIVITY TO THE LIGHT OF TRUTH

Omniscient Mind is forever at the standpoint of infinite, spiritual illumination. Mrs.